Massive Explosion With Multiple Casualties Reported In Hezbollah Controlled Beirut

Powerful Blast Kills 10 In Hezbollah Beirut Stronghold -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A powerful explosion struck the southern Beirut stronghold of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group on Thursday, killing 10 people, wounding 120 and trapping many others inside damaged buildings, witnesses and emergency officials said.

The blast, a month after a car bomb wounded more than 50 people in the same district of the Lebanese capital, came amid sectarian tensions over the intervention of Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah against Sunni rebels in Syria's civil war.

Residents of southern Beirut say Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, was on high alert and stepped up security in the area after warnings from Syria rebels of possible retaliation for the group's support for President Bashar al-Assad.

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More News On Today's Bomb Attack In Hezbollah's Beirut Stronghold

Car bomb near Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut kills 20, injures 120 -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Car bomb kills 20 in Beirut southern suburb -- Daily Star (Lebanon)
Deadly Lebanon blast in Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah -- BBC
Report: 13 killed, 42 injured in Beirut blast -- Ynet News
Powerful car bomb explosion kills 3 in south Beirut neighborhood that is Hezbollah stronghold -- Washington Post/AP
Explosion Rips Through Beirut Suburb Controlled by Hezbollah -- Bloomberg Businessweek
At least 9 killed in Beirut car bomb near Hezbollah complex -- NBC

My Comment: Hezbollah will probably blame Israel, but everyone knows that this is "blow-back" from Hezbollah's involvement in Syria's civil war.